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At the end of the day if nothing works, the numbers will. Under the Indian constitution mechanism, numbers are fairly on our side," he said, adding that the 2013 Land Act is an area that the BJP-led government is trying to "radically alter".

In the Modi governments first Budget in July, the government had said it will promote foreign direct investment (FDI) selectively in sectors and raise the composite cap of foreign investment to 49 percent with full Indian management and control through FIPB route.

Also in a bid to support and spur small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Jaitley proposed to set up a bank called Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA Bank) with an initial allocation of Rs 20,000 crore, and credit guarantee corpus of Rs 3,000 crore.

Public investment in an efficient rail network can have positive effect on both manufacturing and aggregate output, and the effects are permanent, said the Economic Survey 2014-15 tabled in Parliament on Friday. It also envisioned "corporatised Railways entities" in the long run.

According to Angel Broking, Indian Rupee will trade lower today as investors will be cautious ahead of Railway budget today and Union budget on Saturday. Also, renewal in Dollar Index will be negative for the currency.

According to ICICIdirect.com, Rail Budget 2015-16 would act as an enabler in beginning the process of resurrecting Indian Railways, which has been ailing due to varied reasons ranging from policy to operations.

Giving examples from during the UPA regime, Parekh said he has been part of many important government panels,including those on BSNL and Indian Railways, but nothing moved on the suggestions made by those committees

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Dear MMB jee,
The so called immatured exercise on the part of UPA II dispensation has led India losing on a person who could help Indian Railway fair better in term of earning more than reasonable revenue. So sad that, the so called Parlimanet approves the Railway Budget presented by Mr Trivedi